zinkenite

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English[edit]

Zinkenite

Etymology[edit]

After German mineralogist J. K. L. Zinken (1798-1862), named in 1862.[1]

Noun[edit]

zinkenite (usually uncountable, plural zinkenites)

  1. (mineralogy) A grey mineral with hexagonal crystals, Pb9Sb22S42.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Zinkenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “zinkenite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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